Claudio Acquaviva

Claudio Acquaviva , Latin Claudius Aquaviva (born September 14, 1543 in Atri , Kingdom of Naples , † January 31, 1615 in Rome ) was the fifth superior general of the Societas Jesu .

Life

Claudio Acquaviva came from the House of Acquaviva , he was the youngest son of Giovanni Antonio Acquaviva d'Aragona, the Duke of Atri . In 1568 Aquaviva joined the Societas Jesu at the age of 25 .

Over the years he held the offices of provincial in Naples and later in Rome. When Everard Mercurian died on August 1, 1580 , the General Assembly of the Order elected Claudio Acquaviva on February 19, 1581 as the fifth general of the Jesuit Order. At the age of 38, he became the youngest order general to date. He was also the first superior general who did not come from Spain, which caused discontent among the Spanish order members, which he was able to overcome. Acquaviva exercised his generalate strictly on the matter, but binding and modest in dealings.

Under his leadership, the Directorium exercitiorum S. Ignatii took on its final shape. In 1599 he issued the Ratio Studiorum , in which the school system of the Society of Jesus was regulated.

Claudio Aquaviva died on January 31, 1615 in Rome at the age of 71. He was succeeded by Mutio Vitelleschi .

The general's nephew was the blessed Rodolfo Acquaviva (1550–1583), Jesuit missionary and martyr in India.

Fonts (selection)

Reghelen the tydlycke coadiuteuren. which the eervv. p. Claudius Aquaviva … 1610, 12 p. ( Digitized version )

Quotes

" Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo " ( Industriae ad curandos animae morbos , 2, 4, German: "Strong in the matter, mild in the way")

literature

Mario Rosa: Acquaviva, Claudio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1: Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960, pp. 168-178.
Aquaviva, Claudio . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 2 : Andros - Austria . London 1910, p. 239 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

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Literature by and about Claudio Acquaviva in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by and about Claudio Acquaviva in VD 17 .
Publications in EDIT16
Publications by Claudio Acquaviva in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
Standard entry in the SBN
Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia (English)
Claudio Acquaviva of the Pontifical Gregorian University

Individual evidence

↑ On the quarrels about the election

predecessor	Office	successor
Everard Mercurian	Superior General of the Society of Jesus 1581 - 1615	Mutio Vitelleschi

personal data
SURNAME	Acquaviva, Claudio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aquaviva, Claudius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Superior General of the Societas Jesu (Jesuit Order)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1543
PLACE OF BIRTH	Atri , Kingdom of Naples
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 1615
Place of death	Rome

[1] On the quarrels about the election